Chad 乍得
（重定向自Republic of Chad）
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![Group of Kanem-Bu warriors. The Kanem-Bornu Empire controlled almost all of what is today Chad.](/Images/godic/202502/07/Group_of_Kanem-Bu_warriors1623.jpg")
![A Chadian soldier fighting for Free France during World War II. The Free French Forces included 15,000 soldiers from Chad.[12]](/Images/godic/202502/07/Chadian_soldier_of_WWII1623.jpg")
Chad (/tʃæd/; Arabic:تشاد Tshād; French:Tchad), officially the Republic of Chad (Arabic:جمهورية تشاد Jumhūrīyat Tshād; French:République du Tchad), is a landlocked country in northern Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon and Nigeria to the southwest and Niger to the west. It is the fifth largest country in Africa in terms of area.